UPI’s Overseas Network
Country Current documented linkage First live Bhutan P2M Jul 2021 Singapore P2M + P2P via PayNow Aug 2021 / Feb…
UPI vs Pix: How India and Brazil Built Two Instant-Payment Giants — and Where They Differ
India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Brazil’s Pix have become two of the most consequential experiments in instant digital payments.…
National Space Day & India’s Global Space Ambition
India observed its third National Space Day on 23 August 2026, completing three years since the Chandrayaan-3 mission placed the…
National Space Day 2026: India Marks Three Years Since Chandrayaan-3
India is observing its third National Space Day, commemorating the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s successful lunar landing on 23 August 2023. The…
Strong El Niño 2026: WMO Maps a Hotter, More Uneven Global Season
A strong El Niño is intensifying and is expected to dominate global climate patterns during August–October 2026, according to the…
World Humanoid Robot Games 2026: 2,056 Robots Compete in Beijing
Beijing has become a live testing ground for humanoid robotics as 2,056 robots representing 666 teams compete in the second…
Colorado River Crisis: US Orders 1.25 Million Acre-Feet of Annual Water Cuts
The United States has finalised a new operating framework for the drought-stricken Colorado River, reducing annual water deliveries to the…
Nuclear Energy Capacity: World’s Top Countries
Five countries—the United States, France, China, Russia and South Korea—accounted for 71% of the world’s nuclear generation capacity, according to…
Major Earthquakes in Indonesia Recorded
Indonesia is situated across the convergence zone of the Indo-Australian, Eurasian, Pacific, and Philippine Sea plates.Data compiled by the United…
Major Global Earthquakes Recorded
Global Seismicity and Historical Rupture Records Global seismic activity is primarily driven by the movement of tectonic plates along convergent,…
Why Does Indonesia Keep Getting Hit by Major Earthquakes? The Science Behind the 2026 Flores Disaster
By Nine145 Every time a major earthquake strikes Indonesia — as one did on 15 August 2026, when a magnitude…